Separable hinge for screens.



No. 892,993. PATENTED JULY 14, 1908.

HfB. HIGGINS. SEPARABLE HINGBFOR SCREENS. lA1` P1.I0ATI0N FILED JUNE 16,1905.

HENRY B. HIGGINS, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

SEPARABLE HINGE FOR SCREENS.

" Specification of Letters-Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Application led June 16, y1905. Serial No.` 265,559.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, vHENRY B. HIGGINS, a resident of the city and county of Denver, Colorado, have invented acertain new, useful, and Improved Separable Hinge for Screens, of which the following is a full, clear., and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to means for hanging and fastening full and half sized window screens and storm sashes, and has particular reference to improvements in separable hinges for s0 securlngscreens and sashes that the same may be swung outwardly at their lower ends. I

The object of my invention is to provide a separable hinge or hanger of the class described whereby a screen or sash may be pivotally suspended from its upper end to swing outwardly. c

A further and particular object of the invention is to provide a separable hinge which shall not only ivotally support the screen or sash, but shalfserve as a stop to efectually prevent vertical movement of the screen or sash when the latter is in its usual vertical position in the window frame.

A further object of the invention is to provide a separable hinge or hanger of simple and economical construction, which` shall present a good appearance when in use.

It is usual to hang half-size screens against the lower window sash and between the outer blind stops, but they are sometimes placed against the outer blind stops and this is always the case with full length screens and storm sashes; and a articular object of this invention is to provi e a separable hinge or hanger which shall be adapted for use 1n connection with screens and sashes, however placed, without modiiication or alteration in the form or sha e of said hinge.

With these o jects in view, my invention consists generally in a separable hinge or hanger for screens or storm sashes, comprising a pivotal supporting part of suitable form, and a hinge part that is offset in two directions, with means for attaching the same to the screen or sash. i

My invention also consists in various details of construction and in combination of parts, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims. The invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying' drawings, forminga part of this specification,l and in which Figure l illustrates a separable hinge embodying my invention, attached to a screen which 1s hung against the blind stops of a window frame; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the manner of using the separable hinge in the case of a screen that is placed between the blind stops of the window frame; Fig. 3 is a front view of the separable hinge as aplied to a full length screen or storm sash;

ig. 4L is a perspectlve view of the supporting yhook or pivotal member 0f the separable hinge; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the lower or movable hinge member, same being for the right hand side of the screen or sash and Fig. 6 is a similar perspective view of the left Vhand hinge art. i

As shown in t e drawings, 2 represents the blind stop of a window frame ,-3 is the upper end or rail of a half-size screen which is placed against the blind stops of the window frame ;-4 is a filler strip to close the opening that would otherwise be left between the screen and the lower rail of the upper window sash. This strip, 4, is usually attached to the screen 3. In Fig. 2, the screen is shown occupying the space between the blind stops, 2, of the window frame. Fig. 3 illustrates a similarcondition in the case of a full length screen or storm sash.

-My separable hinge comprises two parts. The upper, is a hook-like part, preferably composed of sheet metal folded upon itself to form the hook portion, 5, and the base portion, 5', which latter includes the angular parts 52 and 53. It will be noted that 'the base flanges are provided with holes, 54, to'

receive nails or screws, 6, whereby the hook is attached to the outer face of the blind stops, 2, or to the window cap or easing, as shown in Fig. 3. It will also be noted that the lower bend of the strap of sheet metal constituting the hook, follows the bend of the upper bend thereof, and that the angular part, 53, serves as a strut or brace for the upper angular part, 52, and the hook portion proper. In this manner, I construct a strong, rigid supporting or pivotal part, 0f very light weight.

The lower member of the separable hinge herein shown, is made from a sheet metal blank, and comprises the plate portion, 7, having holes, 7', and adapted to be secured against either the inner or the outer face of the screen, 3, as shown in Figs. l and-2. The blank is bent outwardly at right angles to the plate portion, 7, to form the horizontal offset, 7 2, the length of which corresponds to the distance between the base, 5', and the depression of the hook, 5. From the part 72 the hinge blank is bent upward in the plane which is parallel with the plane of the plate portion, 7, 'thus forming the riser portion, 73. The upper part of this riser portion is of greater width than the plate poition, 7, and is bent or curled to form the cylindrical pintle portion, 74, which constitutes the pivot pin of the hinge. l prefer that the curl shall be formed centrally with respect to the portion 73. The pintle portion, 74, as shown, prof jects laterally from the riser portion and like the same is included in a plane which is parallel with the plate portion, 7 in other words the plane of the riser substantially includes the axis of the pintle. And the pintle is perpendicular to a plane which is perpendicular to the faces of the plate and riser portions. Projecting as it does, perpendicularly from the upright riser, and the device being located at the edge of the screen the pintle protrudes beyond the edge of the screen and thus Y engages the hook 5, although the latter is at one side, on the blind stops or on the window frame. This also permits the device to be used interchangeably on either half or full length screens and sashes. I prefer to widen not only the eXtreme top of the hinge blank, to form the pintle, but also the intermediate part, thereby forming a web portion, 7 f. This web portion is integral with the riser and pintle extending from the lower part of the riser to the outer end of the pintle. It strengthens the projecting pintle and admits of the convenient formation of a slot, 7 5, beneath the pintle. This slot, in what may be termed the laterally ofset or projected part of the riser, is located directly beneath the pin or pintle, 74, and receives the hook 5, as shown in Fig. 3.

A distinct advantage attaching to the slotted separable hinge lies in the fact that the slot which receives the pivotal hook is in every case so narrow that when the screen is lifted, while in a vertical position, the lower side of the slot, 7 5, engages the bottom of the hook and coperating with the pin portion of the device prevents further vertical movement of the screen. In brief, the screen can only be detached from the pivotal hooks on the blind stops after the screen is swung outward far enough to turn the riser portion of the hinge at right angles to the outer end of the hook 5. When thus positioned, the scrleen may be lifted from the hook and thus on y.

This separable hinge presents a particularly neat appearance and adds a pleasing iinish to the screen. I much prefer to make the hinges of sheet metal as shown in Figs. l to 6, but the invention may be carried out in hinges made of wire.

Having thus described my invention, 'I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination of a window frame with a screen or sash arranged in said window frame, hooks secured upon said window frame, and hinge parts attached to said screen or sash and projecting beyond the edges thereof into engagement with respective hooks, each said hinge part com piising a single piece of metal formed into a plate portion for attachment to the screen oi sash, an outwardly offset portion, a` riser portion parallel with the plane of the plate portion, and a pintle portion at the upper end of the riser portion, said pintle portion projecting laterally in the plane of the riser, for engagement with the hook, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a window frame with a screen orsash arranged. in said window frame, hooks secured upon said window frame, and hinge parts attached to said screen or sash and projecting beyond the edges thereof into engagement with respective hooks, each said hinge part comprising a` single piece of metal formed into a plate portion for attachment to the screen or sash, an outwardly offset portion, a riser portion parallel with the plane of the plate portion, a pintle portion at the upper end of the riser portion and projecting laterally for engagement with the hook, and said riser portion being wider than the plate portion and proh vided with a slot beneath the laterally projecting part of the pintle portion to receive the hook, substantially as described.

3. A separable screen and sash hingemember comprising a single piece of metal formed into a plate portion for attachment to the face of a screen or sash, a horizontal outwardly oiiiset portion, a riser portion par allel with the plane of said plate portion, a portion at the top of the riser portion, pro jecting laterally in the plane thereof and forming a pintle for engagement with a coacting member above and at one side of the hinge member, substantially as described.

4. A separable screen and sash hingemember comprising a single piece of inetal formed into a plate portion for attachment to the face of a screen or sash, an offset portion, a riser portion the top -o'f which is wider than and projects laterally with respect to said offset and plate portions, the laterally o'fl'set part of said riser portion -being provided with a slot to receive a coacting hook, substantially as described.

5. A separable hinge member comprising a single piece of metal formed into a vertical plate portion, 7, a horizontal eifset portion, 72, a riser portion, 73, and a horizontal cuil, 74, the latter formed upon the upper end of the riser portion, projecting laterally in a plane parallel With the late portion and constituting a pintle, su stantially as described.

6. A separable hinge member comprising a single piece of sheet metal formed into a vertical plate portion, 7, a horizontal offset portion, 72, a riser portion, 73, of greater width than said late ortion and in part rojectin laterallly Wit relation thereto, a horizonta curl, 74, formed upon the upper end oi said riser portion, and said riser portion being provided with a slot beneath the outer end of said curl, substantially as described.

7. A Window frame, a screen or sash arranged therein and hooks attached to the sides of said frame, in combination with hinge members attached to said screen or sash, each said member comprising a single bent part provided with a laterally projecting portion extending beyond the edge of the screen or sash and overlapping the Window l frame, for engagement with the respective hook, substantially as described.

8. A Window frame, a screen or sash arranged therein and hooks attached to the sides of said frame, in combination With hinge members attached to said screen, or sash, each said member comprising a single bent part provided with a laterally project- MARY A. MCNAMARA, WILLIAM H. STEWART. 

